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alexc on "Sealed Knot Operation Desert Storm re-enactment hampered by lack of planes"http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/topic.php?id=12875#post-35075
Fri, 24 Sep 2010 12:02:01 +0000alexc35075@http://newsbiscuit.com/forum/<p>The Sealed Knot's recent re-enactment of an episode from the First Gulf War has been condemned by spectators as the worst yet.<br />
The attempt to recreate the aerial bombing campaign, during which coalition forces dropped 88,500 tonnes of bombs in an attempt to destroy the Iraqi air force and anti-aircraft facilities, was hampered a complete absence of planes.<br />
Instead bemused spectators watched as fully-grown adults pretended to be aeroplanes, imitating engine noises, interspersed with the occasional poor impersonation of a travelling bomb and half-hearted cries of "yeah, that bomb definitely hit the target".<br />
The performance of the "enemy" was criticised as even more lacklustre, with the re-enactors giving very unconvincing performances as destroyed military infrastructure.<br />
The leader of the society, Syd Bustard, was forced to abandon the performance even before the scud missile "grand finale", after the deafening sound of boos from spectators.<br />
Bustard was quick to apologise for the "shambles" but blamed lack of preparation time after they were forced to abandon their re-enactment of an unspecified suicide bombing attack as it was "too soon" after the event.<br />
But he was keen to stress they had already obtained permission to use planes for their next performance, a re-enactment of the kamikaze attacks on USS Bunker Hill.
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